Body donors shape future surgeons

Paying their respects: UM final-year medical students during the wrap-up session of the 37th Silent Mentor Programme.

WHEN Universiti Malaya (UM) first launched its Silent Mentor Programme in 2012, there were only 177 pledgers.

As of August this year, however, 2,233 people had pledged their bodies to medical research, with 2,073 still living and 160 having passed away, according to Silent Mentor Programme director Prof Dr Saw Aik.